African American Studies Jobs

Teach a full load (15 units) of courses offered in African American Studies and affiliated departments.

The Department of African and African American Studies and the Center for Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications a one-year postdoctoral fellowship to support the activities of the year-long Seminar, “Black Studies, Academic Freedom, and the Future of the American University.”

Part-Time African-American Studies Instructor would be responsible for the instruction of one or more of the following African-American Studies (AFAM) courses.

The Department of African American Studies at Princeton University invites applications from recent Ph.D. graduates in all disciplines for up to two postdoctoral research positions. These positions will be awarded for the academic year 2026-2027 to emerging scholars who do not hold academic appointments elsewhere.

The Department of African American Studies at Princeton University invites applications from faculty (particularly those who are pre-tenure with at least one year of teaching experience in your current position) in all disciplines for up to two visiting research scholar positions.

The Carter G. Woodson Institute’s distinguished fellowship is a two-year residential fellowship for pre-doctoral students whose work focuses on African American and African Diasporic Studies, including but not limited to research pertaining to African American, Caribbean, Latin American, African, and/or Diasporic contexts.

The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies invites applications for residential Post-Doctoral Research Associates, beginning in July 2026 (must have PhD in hand by June 15, 2026).